Involvement of Fin (The Last of Seven Pieces: Part 1)

This is part 1 of a seven piece collection painted on the back of an old painting that I cut up into seven pieces. Actually there were eight but one had some marks on it. The 'last of seven pieces' refers to the fact that the original painting was a composite of seven paintings that were meant to be assembled into one large wall arrangement, with the theme of flowers in an abstract style. I never finished that so now I am using the back of the papers to do these smaller scenes. Hopefully that explains the title! The involvement of fyn was a note in the book where this doodle came from, the word fyn is an enzyme that controls how the immune system works, so here I adapted the word to mean 'fin' like a fish. As usual the doodles made at these kinds of meetings is a mix of claustrophobia and feeling trapped! I scanned the back side too so you can see what it looks like.

I've done quite a few underwater scenes before, one of the lab book series (The end of colour) comes to mind. When depicting underwater scenes, it is good to include lots of blue and green, and splashes of light and shadow, keeping the colour register in the neutral and pastel tones. Also good to add visual cues like seaweed and fish!

7.5 x 11 " (19 x 28 cm) cold press B side, watercolour, 2016

PS, here is what the 'back' looks like: